STAT (7/29, Isselbacher) reports, “In the wake of nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, there has been a surge in interest in making sure mental health” professionals, “not law enforcement, are the ones to respond to a psychiatric crisis.” Across the US, “dozens of cities…have what are known as mobile crisis units, which deploy trained professionals to respond to people experiencing a mental health crisis with compassion and clinical expertise.” Now, such “mobile crisis teams have been flooded with calls from other communities hoping to replicate their models.”
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— “As mobile mental health teams work to de-escalate crises, some warn their models still rely on police partnerships, “Juliet Isselbacher, STAT, July 29, 2020